Title: In Praise of Dreams, Jan Garbarek Type: CD Label: ECM Code: 1880 Release date: 2004 Jan Garbarek: tenor and soprano saxophones and/or synthesizers, samplers, percussion Kim Kashkashian: viola Manu Katche: drums “In Praise of Dreams” – Jan Garbarek’s first new album in six years - features two musicians with whom the great Norwegian saxophonist shares some history – American-Armenian violist Kim Kashkashian and African-French drummer Manu Katche. Garbarek, Kashkashian and Katche span a lot of idioms between them, but the music sings with a focussed sense of purpose, in the context that Jan has shaped for it. If dreams are movies for the mind, the album is aptly titled - its atmospheres are evocative and decidedly ‘filmic’. Titles   1. As Seen From Above 2. In Praise Of Dreams 3. One Goes There Alone 4. Knot Of Place And Time 5. If You Go Far Enough 6. Scene From Afar 7. Cloud Of Unknowing 8. Without A Visible Sign 9. Iceburn 10.Conversation With A Stone 11.A Tale Begun